A British computer hacker arrested in 2011 for breaching the website of internet news company Gawker was apprehended with the help of a former acquaintance from outside Albany, New York, according to just leaked, previously unpublished court files.
The documents â posted to the web on Tuesday this week by the Smoking Gun â for the first time reveals how law enforcement agencies from across the world were able to narrow in on a South London hacker who took credit for compromising the computer networks of Gawker, among others, nearly three years ago.